AN OLD QUILL PEN
But, with other noble men, he still labored with all his powers, in Congress and at home, to help America win her independence.
Governor of Massachusetts
After independence had been won, Samuel Adams still served his state, and was elected governor of Massachusetts only a few years before his death, which occurred in 1803, at the age of eighty-one.
SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
The Leading Facts. 1. The French and Indian War put both England and her colonies in debt, but the king thought only of England's debt. 2. Great opposition to the Stamp Act in all the colonies. 3. Patrick Henry made a great speech against the Virginia parsons, and a second on the Stamp Act. 4. He went to the first Continental Congress and made many friends; came home and made a great speech saying that war would come. 5. Made governor of Virginia many times. 6. Samuel Adams studied hard, failed in several occupations, and went into politics. 7. Led the patriots against the soldiers, the Stamp Act, and planned the Tea Party. 8. Samuel Adams sent to Continental Congress, where he made many friends. 9. Urged a Declaration of Independence in 1776. 10. Made governor of Massachusetts.
Study Questions. 1. Why were the colonists happy because England defeated France? 2. What was the Stamp Act, and why did men in America oppose this act? 3. What did Patrick Henry say in his resolution and in his speech? 4. Picture the scene while Patrick Henry spoke and afterwards. 5. Why did not the Americans like the Tea Tax? 6. Why did not the king like the American "Tea Parties"? 7. What is a Congress; and why should Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams become good friends? 8. Commit to memory a part of Henry's famous "liberty or death" speech. 9. How did the people trust Patrick Henry? 10. What did Samuel Adams do against the Stamp Act? 11. What was the Circular Letter and why should the king be angry about it? 12. Tell how Samuel Adams drove two regiments out of Boston. 13. What caused a Congress? 14. Tell what Samuel and John Adams saw and did on their way to Philadelphia. 15. Why were people glad to see Samuel Adams? 16. What made war seem likely to happen at any time? 17. Read Longfellow's poem, "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." 18. Give an account of the Battle of Lexington. 19. Picture the retreat from Concord to Boston. 20. Picture the charge of the British soldiers at Bunker Hill. 21. What did Samuel Adams see on his way to the second Continental Congress? 22. Who introduced the motion for independence into the Congress?
Suggested Readings. Patrick Henry: Cooke, Stories of the Old Dominion, 158-180; Brooks, Century Book of Famous Americans, 93-101; Magill, Stories from Virginia History, 116-128.
Samuel Adams: Dawes, Colonial Massachusetts, 42-72; Brooks, Century Book of Famous Americans, 10-30; Hart, Camps and Firesides of the Revolution, 162-166; Hawthorne, Grandfather's Chair, 153-189, 205, 206.